What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Gevonovich]

...and change

 

[CHNeal]

319 proved to be a bit heavy for shorts carry so move to the 303 before lunch. View attachment 1358307

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

View attachment 1358330 In the interest of fairness, I thought (yeah-that’s where the trouble starts) I should show you the knives I actually used at the farm today. The little home made belt knife that cut the sandwiches I shared with my #1 helper, my daughter, and the Vic pruner.

I have a few hawkbill pruners, but this lil Vic is far and away superior when working with delicate plants. It has a chisel grind (beveled/sharpened on one side only), so when you place the flat side against the plant, it cuts cleanly with no crushing. Big difference. I pruned off the lower branches and suckers from my tomatoes in the high tunnel, which I am training on vertical supports. I also used it for harvesting spinach, kale, and a bunch of other greens. You can pull the leaves, but cutting is gentler on the plants.
I also cut about 10lb of garlic scapes which are the curly top that the flower is forming on~ they are quite the gourmet delicacy.

Absolutely gorgeous day in n. Illinois!

 

[Prester John]

Bought a 12-pack of Heineken to go with the pizza later. Threw this in my pocket:

Camillus 1960.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[black mamba]

Obtained in a recent trade and right into the pocket.

 

[cigarrodog]

Thought I'd go with a couple Schrades for Saturday.

Thank you JJ. Love the quiet muted tones, yet razor sharp and shadow detailed. Cool knives.

Showing some solidarity with Charlie @waynorth today

That’s a pair of nice, Jack.

Here is the bull moose herd rotate through one of these everyday

Very nice collection, Al.

Happy Saturday Everybody

You do nice work, John. Beautiful knife, too.

Absolutely gorgeous day in n. Illinois!

I’ll second that, Jeff. Fascinating to hear the stories of the pruners actually in use.

Obtained in a recent trade and right into the pocket.

Beautiful knife, Jeff. Congratulations.

 

[black mamba]

Thanks, Harvey, much appreciated.

 

[cigarrodog]

I requested and received from a kind Soul, an Ebony #44. I’ve been jonesing for 2 years. Joy




1-XL Lamb Foot and...

 

[Jak3]

 

[315]

Some more maintenance on the truck today...

 

[JohnDF]

You do nice work, John. Beautiful knife, too.

Thank you, Harvey.

Congrats. Those#44s have some sweet action. Your's looks might dapper in Ebony.

 

[CHNeal]

Obtained in a recent trade and right into the pocket.

Ive never been a Barlow guy but that is a beauty.

 

[Duckdog]

I found a place to buy some great hickory handles (Beaver-Tooth Handle Co.) for a boy's axe and an 8 lb. splitting maul that I had. I hung them today and to help with cutting the packaging and trimming the wood shavings, I toted an old German-made hunting knife that I got from the family of an old hunting buddy who passed away ten years ago. (Yesterday, I posted a picture that included a box of 16 ga. shot shells that are part of a case the family also gave me at that time.) The knife is an ubiquitous Unimart made in Solingen for the USA market. Thick round stag handle with an inset compass that is stuck on N. He would have been proud of the job that I did today on the axe and maul, but would have offered "advice" all during the process.

Old friends are never forgotten.
- Stuart

 

[Onebigbill]

These two for a laid back Saturday. The Barlow is an early Fathers Day present from my wife.

You sir are a lucky man.

 

[cigarrodog]

Congrats. Those#44s have some sweet action. Your's looks might dapper in Ebony.

Thank you John. You’re right on the “sweet action.”

 

[Prester John]

Threw this in my pocket when I went on a bike ride this afternoon:

Only about three inches closed, very lightweight--like it isn't even there!
Found for about $12 at a feed store in a small town.

 

[Prester John]

Think I'll go with this Sunday morning:

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

I requested and received from a kind Soul, an Ebony #44. I’ve been jonesing for 2 years. Joy
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1-XL Lamb Foot and...
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Funny how a little thing made of steel and various handle materials bring some of us joy, huh?
Does it look as good as that, or is it just some photographer’s wizardry?

Good thing you picked it today. One more day, and it would have been as long as your leg. How do you like the Opi hawkbill?

I found a place to buy some great hickory handles (Beaver-Tooth Handle Co.) for a boy's axe and an 8 lb. splitting maul that I had. I hung them today and to help with cutting the packaging and trimming the wood shavings, I toted an old German-made hunting knife that I got from the family of an old hunting buddy who passed away ten years ago. (Yesterday, I posted a picture that included a box of 16 ga. shot shells that are part of a case the family also gave me at that time.) The knife is an ubiquitous Unimart made in Solingen for the USA market. Thick round stag handle with an inset compass that is stuck on N. He would have been proud of the job that I did today on the axe and maul, but would have offered "advice" all during the process.

Old friends are never forgotten.
- Stuart

Nice post, Stuart. Thanks!

As a typical husband who’s been lambasted for refusing to stop and ask for directions, I see the beauty of your compass.

 

[Duckdog]

Nice post, Stuart. Thanks!

As a typical husband who’s been lambasted for refusing to stop and ask for directions, I see the beauty of your compass.

Thank you, Jeff. My old friend was a wonder, as were many of his generation. I have a wealth of stories from and about him. During our dove hunts after he had just turned 80, he would sit in one of the old nylon web recliners and shot his limit of doves with a Remington 1100 in .410. And he still had shells left in his one box. All of the little kids, whose parents were off hunting in other fields, were with him as his bird dogs.

Why ask for directions? I know where I'm going, just taking a different route.
- Stuart